I read somewhere that it's a good rule of thumb that if you dislike a patient w/in the first 10 seconds of meeting them, they probably have a personality disorder. Some folks will just randomly start antagonizing right off the bat..."I put my light on and it took you a minute to get here...what were you doing, thinking about whether or not I was important enough for your precious time? This hospital is so awful, now gimme a blanket, I'm cold." Hi, my name is K, I'll be your nurse today...

Call it a gift, but I can usually file every patient I have into one of these categories by the 2nd visit,,,sometimes the first visit. I'll either like or dislike them within the first 10 minutes or so, and my gut feeling has never let me astray.

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